The Anti-Rightist Movement (simplified Chinese: 反右派运动; traditional Chinese: 反右派運動; pinyin: Fǎn Yòupài Yùndòng) in the People's Republic of China occurred in the 1950s and early 1960s, consisted of a series of campaigns to purge alleged "rightists" within the Communist Party of China (CPC) and abroad. The definition of "rightists" was not always consistent, sometimes including critics to the left of the government, but officially referred to those intellectuals who appeared to favour capitalism and were against collectivization. The campaigns were instigated by Chairman Mao Zedong and saw the political persecution of an estimated 550,000.
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